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Content-hosting websites, videoconferencing apps, grade- or subject-focused social media accounts: with such a dizzying array of mechanical and virtual help at our disposal, it can be a challenge for educators to know where to even start. Educator and technology consultant Monica Burns can relate, which is why she wrote this book: to share strategies, tools, and insights that teachers can use, regardless of subject or grade level, to effectively incorporate technology in the classroom. Focusing on the "three Cs" of technology implementation—creation, curiosity, and collaboration—Tasks Before Apps offers K–12 teachers

Recommendations for and links to apps and online resources that can facilitate and energize learning.

Reflection and brainstorming questions for use in book clubs and professional learning community (PLC) discussions.

Knowing how to navigate technology wisely—how to communicate effectively on posts and message boards, locate credible information on search engines, and select efficient, cost-effective equipment—is essential for both teachers and students. Whether you are a novice or a veteran, teach kindergarten students or high school seniors, this book is an indispensable guide to furthering academic skills, social development, and digital aptitude in the classroom.

In Technology in Schools: A Balanced Perspective: An ASCD PD Online Course®, you will learn about the challenges and benefits of incorporating technology into instruction. You will discover engaging and meaningful ways to encourage proper technology integration in schools and work toward increasing access for all students. You will also examine the importance of helping students and their families think critically about the role technology plays in their daily lives.

Get the inside story of how a renowned school—the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia—creates an authentic learning environment where students ask questions, do research, and explore subjects that fascinate them.

Enhance the ways you teach the “4Cs” with technology by using instructional strategies described in this book. The authors emphasize rigorous uses of technology, focusing on its end-goal—improving student outcomes—rather than technology for its own sake. An in-depth discussion of how technology can promote the learning of the 4Cs and numerous practical strategies to help support the development of each subskill are included.

How can you plan for and implement a mobile device policy that maximizes school resources, promotes equity among students, and supports instructional goals? This handy guide answers those questions and others while pointing you to the best approach to meet the needs of students, teachers, and schools.

Increasing students’ vocabulary is vital to their reading and learning success, and promoting the use of academic language in speech and writing will also encourage further understanding. In this guide, you will find strategies, games, and classroom essentials you can use to create vocab lesson plans that are both exciting and effective. Discover ways to engage students in vocab learning with word walls, learning stations, and brain-compatible lessons. Explore strategies and rubrics for assessing vocabulary learning, and plan how to team with your colleagues to increase vocabulary across your grade level or school.

First published in 1995 as How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms, this new edition reflects evolving best practices in education, the experiences of practitioners throughout the United States and around the world, and Tomlinson’s continuing thinking about how to help each and every student access challenging, high-quality curriculum; engage in meaning-rich learning experiences; and feel at home in a school environment that “fits.”

In this comprehensive resource for elementary school teachers, Kristina J. Doubet and Jessica A. Hockett explore how to use differentiated instruction to help students be more successful learners—regardless of background, native language, learning preference, or motivation.

Learn how to revamp existing lessons to combine effective technology use, a powerful tool for learning, with thinking skill development, the essential tools of learning. Authors Jane E. Pollock and Susan Hensley explain the i5 approach’s foundations in brain research and its links to the proven principles discussed in Classroom Instruction That Works. They provide step-by-step procedures for teaching 12 key thinking skills and share detailed lesson examples from the classrooms of teachers who have successfully “i5’ed” their instruction and helped students gain deeper and broader understandings of content and become stronger and more innovative thinkers.

Daniel R. Venables draws on his extensive experience helping schools and districts implement effective professional learning communities (PLCs) to explore this crucial but often-overlooked need. Taking a two-pronged approach to PLC facilitation, Venables offers targeted guidance both for leading the people in teacher teams and for facilitating their work.